Sebastian Kielmanovich

Biography

Sebastian Kielmanovich is the Director of the Veterans Legal Clinic and teaches Immigration Enforcement & Defense. He received a J.D. from the University of Buenos Aires School of Law in 1999, and a J.D. from Duke University School of Law in 2004.

Before coming to the United States, he was a practicing attorney in Argentina, specializing in corporate law, intellectual property and contracts, and an assistant professor of business associations in the University of Buenos Aires. In addition, Kielmanovich worked with the city attorney and clerked for a trial judge.

In the United States, he participated in the Summer Honors Program at the Securities & Exchange Commission in Miami, Florida. He also worked as staff attorney for Legal Aid of North Carolina, and as corporate counsel for a major software corporation in McLean, Virginia. Kielmanovich served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Fifth and Tenth Judicial Districts of North Carolina where he was assigned to prosecute habitual felons, drug traffickers and violent offenders. Additionally, Kielmanovich was an Assistant Attorney General with the North Carolina Department of Justice where he served as a special prosecutor and provided legal representation to the Department of Public Safety. Thereafter, Kielmanovich was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of North Carolina where he specialized in immigration crime.

Kielmanovich is a Captain with the United States Army Reserve JAG Corps where he serves as a Trial Counsel. Additionally, Kielmanovich is the founder of Triangle Immigration & Criminal Defense, where he represents clients in immigration and criminal matters.

Kielmanovich was a special staff editor on the Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law. He is the author of “Using the Alien File in the Prosecution of Immigration Crimes”, 65 U.S. Attorneys’ Bulletin, July (II) 2017, “OIL-DCS Availability for Assistance and Support in Denaturalization Prosecutions under 18 U.S.C. § 1425”, 65 U.S. Attorneys’ Bulletin, July (I) 2017 (co-author), and “Immigration Law Manual”, DOJ Office of Legal Education (2013) (contributor).
Kielmanovich is a member of the Bar in North Carolina (2004), New York (2005), and the District of Columbia (2008).